F.L.P. SABOU*^#, R. NECULA**, I. SAMOTA**, ANCA SABOU***

*”Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,
** Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University Brașov, Romania
*** Elias Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

X-ray diffraction is a relatively easy method to analyze the crystalline composition of solids, useful in bone crystalline composition determination. We demonstrate the presence of hydroxyapatite crystals existing in normal skeletal bone in all 6 heterotopic ossification samples analyzed by means of X-ray powder diffraction technique. The phenomenon of heterotopic ossification mineralization seems to be similar to that of normal skeletal bone mineralization.

Corresponding author’s e-mail: drsabou@yahoo.com

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